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Courtesy title
It is bad enough having the media routinely ignoring the terms of the Architects’ Registration Act and calling any old plansmith an architect without you doing the same in your story about the Prince of Wales’s “Surfbury” development (News February 6).
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Seeing the light
It’s scary to find out that we have something else to worry about other than the impending worldwide collapse of the architectural profession and its client base — the loss of the 100W incandescent light bulb.
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OpinionMystery deepens
The mystery man next to Cedric Price (Archive February 6) looks like a young Michael Brawne.
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OpinionRIBA celebrations are off the menu
To add to the RIBA’s problems over this year’s awards is the delicate issue of the annual dinner, to have been held at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in June. Insiders say it was cancelled under pressure from the regions, which have become increasingly resentful that the only architects to make ...
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OpinionRegeneration loses its magic
As the boom comes to an end, will anything of substance remain from New Labour’s urban policies?
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OpinionLearn – and teach – lessons of history
The government is taking money from BSF and giving it to the car industry. Be very afraid
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OpinionDoes working for free devalue the profession?
No fee means no value says the RIBA’s Jane Duncan, but Stuart McColl argues it is just a business tool
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Regulate title and function
Jonathan Braddick (Letters January 23) puts a strong case for the architect function to be bound into UK legislation.
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Blind on bland
Steve Cooper says PFI projects might be rubbish or bland (Debate January 30), but that they are finished on time and within budget! Something of an own goal, I think.
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Strike a light
I wholeheartedly support Jonathan Glancey’s excellent piece on the tungsten light (January 16).
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Sorry for rubbish
In response to letters last week about my “rubbish” remark, I sincerely apologise for any offence this caused — my quotation was taken out of context.
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Water force
The response to your article (Letters January 23) on the fountains at Centre Point is encouraging. It would be wonderful if they could be incorporated into the new forecourt design, or at least a good home found for them.
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ARG-umentative
The Arb Reform Group is not known to pull its punches in debates with appointed board members, but new recruit Ruth Brennan, who is standing for election to the board for the first time, managed to have a run-in with chief executive Alison Carr before the ballot papers were even ...
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Majestic move
The Carlton Club, a long-time favourite watering hole for architects at Mipim, is no more.
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City limits
If wisdom comes with age, why are so many Brazilian architects up in arms over 101-year-old Oscar Niemeyer’s latest plans to alter Brasilia?
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OpinionBuilding with mud, glorious mud
Using mud to build may be an extreme example of giving preference to local materials, but if we don’t explore such options we are condemned to the banal
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Don’t bank on it
At a time when we are all suffering from the effects of too little regulation, the public will wonder where the Arb Reform Group (Letters January 30) is coming from in wishing to follow the banking profession.
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OpinionWe won’t waste Stirling cash
We’re not blowing our Stirling cash on parties (News January 23)! We’re using the money to publish a detailed account of the evolution of the Accordia project and the experience of living there.